Brakes Squeaking @ 22,000 Miles

[tdaugharty]

My brakes have started squeaking. The dealer says the pads are OK. Is anyone else experiencing this?

 

[DGonz]

Well if they say the pads are ok, then tell them to find where the squeek is coming from and it should be fixed.

 

[colek]

All the time or some of the time? Hard stop or coasting to a stop? After an offroad trip? I agree with HeavyD, but I am interested in more details as well.

 

[UtahAV]

My brakes started squeaking and would also make a wierd vibrating noise when I would tap the brake and release while on the freeway. I checked out the pads while rotating the tires and had plenty of pad left. I blew out the discs and brakes being sure to get inside all of the cooling holes on the outside edge of the discs. (It's probably a good idea to wear a dust mask while doing this.) In an earlier post someone said to try hitting the brakes really hard from about 50 mph a few times. I also did this and have gone about 5000 miles now without anymore noise. I am due to rotate again in 2000 miles and I will repeat cleaning out the brakes then. I hope this helps.

-Mark

 

[tdaugharty]

The noise is all the time and only happens while driving. It's even noticable at high-speeds.

 

[tdaugharty]

My brakes started squeaking and would also make a wierd vibrating noise when I would tap the brake and release while on the freeway. I checked out the pads while rotating the tires and had plenty of pad left. I blew out the discs and brakes being sure to get inside all of the cooling holes on the outside edge of the discs. (It's probably a good idea to wear a dust mask while doing this.) In an earlier post someone said to try hitting the brakes really hard from about 50 mph a few times. I also did this and have gone about 5000 miles now without anymore noise. I am due to rotate again in 2000 miles and I will repeat cleaning out the brakes then. I hope this helps.

-Mark

I do allot of off-roading so this makes sense. I have however recently took the truck in for a 20,000 mile service and had the undercarriage completely cleaned to incluide the brakes. That doesn't mean they did a good job though.

 

[colek]

The noise is all the time and only happens while driving. It's even noticable at high-speeds.

Have you checked the front and rear backing plates ? I'd look there and then check that the "wear tabs" have not been bent and are subsequently making the noise. Of course you've applied some anti-squeak compound on the back of the pads before you do any of this, right?